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APPLICATION FILED JAN-1B. I919- Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

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IGNITING DEVICE.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 18, 1919. Serial No. 271,911.

To. all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JEAN P. MULLER, acitizen of Luxemburg, residing at Le Havre, France, have invented newand useful .Improvements in Ignitin Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

My present invention ertains to igniting devices, and consists in thepeculiar construction, novel combinations and adaptation of parts ashereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings hereby made a part hereof:

Figures 1 and 2 are views showing different forms of my invention. 1

Figs. '3, 4 and 5 are views showing a third form of the invention.

Fig. 6 is a detail view showing a torch element adapted more especiallyfor use in the igniting device as a part thereof.

Similar numerals of reference designate having'side arms 5 in which isarranged a transverse shaft 6 that serves as a fulcrum fora lever 7equipped with a sector gear 8. The shaft, 6 is preferably of tubularform and is equipped with a spring 9 connected to one arm 5 and also tothe sector gear 8. At

10 is a second spring mounted on the shaft' tion of which is bycoiiperation with the said rod to strike fire. The disk 12 is mounted ona transverse shaft 13 and is provided with an inner clutch face 14.Opposed to the said clutch face 14 of the disk 12 -is the complementaryclutch face of adisk 15 said disk 15 being yieldingly pressed againstthe disk 12 by a spring. The spring last referred to is indicated inFigs. 1 and 2 as 16, and will be understood as being of fiat character,attached to the adjacent arm 5 or stamped from the arm and having itsfree end portion of bifurcated form so as to -bear against the disk 15of the opposite sides of the shaft 13. It will be seen that in theembodiment disclosed by Figs. 3, it and 5, the described yieldingpressure of the disk 15 is accomplished by a coiled sprlng 9, forexample.

The disk 15 is provided with peripheral teeth which are intermeshed withthe complementary teeth of the sector gear 8, where by oscillation ofthe lever 7 will be attended by rotation of the. disk 15. Incidental tothe rotation of the disk 15 in one direction, the said diskwillmanifestly carry with it the disk 12, while its movement in the oppositedlrection'to disk 15 will leave the disk 12 at rest. In the embodimentshown in Figs; 1 and 2, the free end portion of the lever 7 ispreferably flattened, as indicated by 25, for the application of thethumb of the user.

Each of the three embodiments shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 35, includes ahandle 20.

It will also be observed by reference to Fig. 2 that the embodimenttherein com prises a support 26 in the form of a gutter. The saidsupport being adapted to hold the wick tube of a gasolene lamp in suchposition that the wick is disposed in front of the spark exit, with aview to assuring instantaneous ignition of the wick when the steel disk12 is suddenly moved against the metallic cerium rod. When this is done,the device may be used for illumination or for lighting purposes. Iwould also invite attention to the fact that the support or holder 26 isprovided at its upper end with a pointed portion 40 against. which theQt ge of the wick bears, so that the wick will be positioned exactly infront of the spark Patented Aug. 26, 1919.

the support 26 may also be used to hold a torch or continuing match suchas shown in Figs. 1 and 2; the saidtorch or match comprising a tube 30containing an asbestos wick, and being disposed when not in use in ametallic tube 29, Figs. 1 and 2. Said tube 29 is lined'with felt asshown to absorb 'gasolene when the tube is charged with such substance.The construction shown in Fig. 1 or the constructmn shown in Fig. 2 maybe resorted to with a view to closing the tube wick notwithstanding asniall portion of the same is exposed.

In the embodiment shown in Figs. 1, 3, 4 and'5, one of the arms '5 ofthe body {1 1s equipped with a thin metalli'cplate 27 riveted at itscenter to the arm and adapted to be moved about said center. The saidplate 27 has its-ends beveled, as shown in Fig. 3, and adapted to enternotches in the extended portions of the shafts 6 and 13. Ad acent to theopposite arm 5-, the said shafts 6 and 13 have split heads which enablethe same to. be turned about their axes. In the position shown in Fig.3, the plate 27 serves to prevent rotation of the shafts 6 and 13 andendwise removal of said shafts. When, however, the plate '27 isdisengaged from the I shafts 6 and 13, the shafts may be withdrawn,endwise and the mechanism of the ignition device may be readilydisassembled for the removal ofa worn part. or for any other purpose. I

that in the embodiment of Figs. 1 and '3 to 5,,the; lever 7 isapertured' at 17, andthe' It .will' also be observed body .4 is fixed inI a bifurcatedhead 2 having its terminallpor'tlons' forming a fork 1adapted to be used to' advantage in the turning of lamp cock. The saidterminal portions 1 are preferably hooked, as indicated by 1 Figs. 3 and5, for use in openlnjg'and' c o sing gas tips which are operated throughthe medium of a lever and a chain or chains.

The head 2 is fixed on a tube 19. A wire 18 is connected at 17 to thelever 7 and passes through the tube 19. Adjacent to the lower end of thetube 19 is aslot or-elongated opening 21'for the play of a rod 22,-

v fixed to a sliding member 23 to-which the lower'end of thewire 18 isattached. As. shown infFigs'. 3 and 4, therod 22 has an exteriorfinger-piece 24. At its lower end the slot 21 1s rovided with a notch 28de-' signed to receive and hold the rod 22 when it is desired to preventmovement of the lever 7. Thus the device is ,protected be-' fore itsengagement with the top of the lamp chimney, "and it is again madeautomatic in operation by releasing the rod 22.

tube 30 is carried in the center of the wick 30 and is provided withapertures 32 for the passage of the gasolene to the asbestos wick whenthe container 305 is compressed. When the tube 30 is disposed in thesupport 26, Fig. 2, the device as a whole may be used after the mannerof a lamp. The wick in the tube 30 is protected at 31 in the same manneras in Fig. 1. I would also have it connected with said understood thatwhen the torch or match v30 is not in use, evaporationpf gasolene'is'prevented by a cap 33 attached to a small chain as shown, which chainwhen desired. maybe used as'a hanger.

Having described nay-invention, what I claim and desire to secure byLetters-Patcut, is: r

1. In an igniting device, a torch having a wick, handle-forming meansfor holding inis removably disposed-when not in use, a resilient holderfor clamping the torch when the same isin use, and means for supplying aspark to the wick ofthetorch 'to ignite the wick; the latter'means-beingdisposed in close roximity to the wick.

2. 11 an igniting device, the combination flammable substanceand inwhichthe torch ofa body having spaced arms, transverse v shafts disposedintransverse apertures in said; arms and each having a head and. alsohavmg a notch adjacent to its opposite end and exteriorof the adjacentarm, and a ivoted to the said arm-between the exten ed portions of theshafts and having beveled ends adapted to enter the'notches' oftheshafts.

plate 3. As a new article of manufacture, a compressible container, acentral tube in communication therewith and open at its ends and havingapertures at intervalsiin its length, a'tubuIar couplingsecured on the.end of the .container and surrounding the base of said tube, a wicksurrounding the said tube," a second tube connected to the coup-ling andsurrounding said wick, open- Work metallic means at the outer end of thesecond tube for protecting-the exposed portion of the wick, and aremovable cap.

' '4. In an igniting device, the combination of a body having spacedarms, a handle connected with the body below and inline with said arms,shaftsmounted in said arms, a

strike disk loose .on one of the shafts, be tween the. arms, and havingan inner clutch face, a'spring-press'ed gear also loose on said shaftand having an inner clutch face com-' plementary to that of the strikedisk, a lever fulcrumed on the other'shaft and having a sector gearintermeshed with the first named for moving'the lever in gear and asprin (I yieldingly holding the one direction an same,

5. Iii an actuating device, the combination of a body having spacedarms, a tube ody and adapted to contain gasolene, a handle alsoconnected I with the "body, a torch or match removably arranged in saidtube and equipped to hermetically close the same, a holder for torch ormatch when the same is put into use, transverse shafts carried b thearms of the body a strike disk rotata le on one shaft and having aclutch face, a gear rotatable on said shaft and having a complementaryclutch face, a lever havinga sector gear intermeshed with thefirst-named gear, said lever being fulerumed on the other shaft, a

a guide for a rod of metallic cerium, and follower means for feedingsaidrod through the guide 6. An igniting device comprising a lever, a springfor moving said lever in one dircction, ignition means actuatable by them lever, means carrying the lever and the ignition means and including atube on one end of which said lever, spring and ignition means aremounted; said tube having a longitudinal slot and an offset at the lowerend thereof, a slide in the tube and connected with the lever, and meansconnected to the said slide and movable in said slot and into and out ofthe offset at the lower end thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

' JEAN PIERRE MULLER.

